Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
13 pending office actions • 2 clients • 13 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Strategic Patents, P.C. - SPHS focuses on Networking & Security and has 2071 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 73.23. This rate reflects the firm's historical success in securing allowances for its clients across its 2071 career applications.
The firm averages 3.42 office actions per allowance, which quantifies the typical prosecution effort for each granted patent. Currently, there are 7 pending office actions. This current workload is managed within the context of the firm's broader experience in the Networking & Security technology area.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (31%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| §102 only | 3 (23%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, JIMMY H | 1 | 79.5% | +17.2% |
| KORSAK, OLEG | 1 | 85.7% | +7.6% |
| TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | 1 | 87.5% | -13.3% |
| JHAVERI, JAYESH M | 1 | 82.9% | +30.8% |
| LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 1 | 69.4% | +16.9% |
| RAHIM, MONJUR | 1 | 84.6% | +16.4% |
| ZAIDI, SYED A | 1 | 81.9% | +12.2% |
| POLTORAK, PIOTR | 1 | 74.8% | +30.4% |
| NARRAMORE, BLAKE I | 1 | 78.2% | +22.7% |
| ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | 1 | 77.3% | +6.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096234 | PROGRESSIVE AUGMENTATION OF THREAT TIMELINE VISUALIZATION | KORSAK, OLEG | — |
| 19071591 | AUGMENTED SECURITY RECOGNITION TASKS | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | — |
| 19067954 | Rapid exposure detections in cloud computing environments | RAHIM, MONJUR | — |
| 19029934 | FIREWALL TECHNIQUES FOR COLORED OBJECTS ON ENDPOINTS | ZAIDI, SYED A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19194613 | VALIDATION OF ZTNA CONFIGURATION FOR A MULTI-TENANT PROXY ENVIRONMENT | TRAN, JIMMY H | — |
| 19096152 | LINEAGE DATA FOR EVENTS IN THREAT TIMELINE VISUALIZATION | TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | — |
| 19067952 | Compound threat detections in cloud computing environments | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | — |
| 19004866 | DETECTING KERNEL EXPLOITS | POLTORAK, PIOTR | — |
| 18772026 | SECURE FIREWALL CONFIGURATIONS | ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | — |
| 18763507 | RULES PROCESSING SYSTEM | ALI, AFAQ | — |
| 18653769 | AGILE POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | EYERS, DUSTIN D | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19194613 | VALIDATION OF ZTNA CONFIGURATION FOR A MULTI-TENANT PROXY ENVIRONMENT | TRAN, JIMMY H | — |
| 19071591 | AUGMENTED SECURITY RECOGNITION TASKS | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | — |
| 19067952 | Compound threat detections in cloud computing environments | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | — |
| 19067954 | Rapid exposure detections in cloud computing environments | RAHIM, MONJUR | — |
| 19029934 | FIREWALL TECHNIQUES FOR COLORED OBJECTS ON ENDPOINTS | ZAIDI, SYED A | — |
| 19004866 | DETECTING KERNEL EXPLOITS | POLTORAK, PIOTR | — |
| 18823936 | WEBSOCKET SERVER FOR CLOUD-BASED ZERO TRUST NETWORK ACCESS DATA PLANE | NARRAMORE, BLAKE I | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SOPHOS LIMITED | 12 |
| Sophos Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2434 | 2 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| 2164 | 1 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19194613 | VALIDATION OF ZTNA CONFIGURATION FOR A MULTI-TENANT PROXY ENVIRONMENT | Sophos Limited | TRAN, JIMMY H | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| 19096234 | PROGRESSIVE AUGMENTATION OF THREAT TIMELINE VISUALIZATION | Sophos Limited | KORSAK, OLEG | 2492 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19096152 | LINEAGE DATA FOR EVENTS IN THREAT TIMELINE VISUALIZATION | Sophos Limited | TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | 2434 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19071591 | AUGMENTED SECURITY RECOGNITION TASKS | Sophos Limited | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19067952 | Compound threat detections in cloud computing environments | Sophos Limited | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2025 | |
| 19067954 | Rapid exposure detections in cloud computing environments | Sophos Limited | RAHIM, MONJUR | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2025 | |
| 19029934 | FIREWALL TECHNIQUES FOR COLORED OBJECTS ON ENDPOINTS | Sophos Limited | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2431 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19004866 | DETECTING KERNEL EXPLOITS | Sophos Inc. | POLTORAK, PIOTR | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18823936 | WEBSOCKET SERVER FOR CLOUD-BASED ZERO TRUST NETWORK ACCESS DATA PLANE | Sophos Limited | NARRAMORE, BLAKE I | 2438 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18772026 | SECURE FIREWALL CONFIGURATIONS | Sophos Limited | ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | 2496 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18763507 | RULES PROCESSING SYSTEM | Sophos Limited | ALI, AFAQ | 2434 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18653769 | AGILE POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Sophos Limited | EYERS, DUSTIN D | 2164 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 16129087 | DYNAMIC FILTERING OF ENDPOINT EVENT STREAMS | Sophos Limited | SAVENKOV, VADIM | 2432 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2018 |
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